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| So this is the - you guys have delivered strong double-digit growth for the second quarter in a row, almost 20% |
| Our motive power has just been a strong, reliable business for a long time, and we are really pleased with this ongoing profitability gains, by maintenance-free conversions, wireless charging, OpEx discipline |
| We achieved impressive gross margins, as we continue to sustain our pricing position and benefited from increased IRA benefits |
| We delivered exceptional free cash flow generation, which allows us to maintain our robust balance sheet, reduce our net leverage, providing ample dry powder for future growth investments, and uphold our consistent capital allocation discipline |
| We saw some encouraging signals in order rates and our book-to-bill was approximately one |
| We saw favorable trends from our international markets with stronger order rates for specialty in EMEA and Energy Systems in Asia |
| Adjusted gross margin in the quarter improved by 760 basis points over prior year, to 30.7% due to IRA benefits, as well as solid price retention and mix improvements |
| We remain highly confident in EnerSys' positioned, as a global leader in electrification and energy storage applications with demand driven, by critical global megatrends |
| Adjusted operating earnings of $130 million and adjusted EPS of $2.56, both represent significant increases over prior year |
| We remain bullish on our growth opportunities in this segment, due to the strong market appetite for automation and electrification, which our proprietary maintenance free and wireless charging solutions satisfy |
| We are optimistic that demand will strengthen in the back half of the calendar year, and remain very bullish on our small cell revenue and margin expansion opportunities |
| With our industry-leading system solutions and strong customer relationships, we are well positioned for growth in our diverse end markets |
| Maintenance-free sales were once again a highlight, reaching a record 23% of the total sales in the quarter |
| These efforts will have long-term benefits for the company, enabling us to more swiftly rebalance production lines, to optimize both growth and cost reduction opportunities, when demand fluctuates between lines of business and accelerating |
| We remain bullish on this business as our customers are expanding their production capacity, to meet their increasing customer demand, driven by automation and electrification initiatives |
| We are seeing fuel cell conversions to batteries, and our own innovative product road map is driving growth opportunities for EnerSys |
| So there's a lot of positive momentum |
| We are seeing strong market acceptance in fleets with higher vehicle electronic loads continuing to drive demand for higher-performing batteries |
| We remain optimistic about the trajectory of our business, and are particularly pleased with our continued ability to maintain pricing |
| Given the strength in transportation and aerospace and defense end markets, combined with the enhanced capacity flexibility, and expansion we anticipate in the coming quarters, we are very optimistic about our growth opportunities in specialty |
| Motive power again reported strong adjusted operating earnings this quarter, contributing $53 million, up 12% over prior year |
| Our sales pipeline is growing, and we are very excited to see this new line of business beginning to materialize |
| We continue to see a return, to normal ordering patterns, with variation quarter-to-quarter this year and last, as labor and supply challenges are overcome and we continue to benefit from our customers' growing enthusiasm, over our proprietary maintenance-free offering |
| Our balance sheet remains strong and positions us to invest in growth, and navigate the current economic environment |
| I am extremely pleased to say that we have received the first POs for our recently launched DPX, fault managed and Hyperboost power systems for 5G small cell and macro sites, respectively |
| Services within Energy Systems continued to grow nicely with double-digit revenue growth in the Americas in the third quarter |
| So, we think that higher AGV mix is better for margins, and particularly the wireless charging is a great enabler there |
| In addition, our industry-leading lithium product offerings, are gaining traction with key customers |
| We were awarded a grant from the Defense Innovation Unit, DIU to prototype a high energy lithium 6T battery, leveraging our proven lithium technologies in space and our economies of scale to provide the Department of Defense with a high-quality domestic source of lithium cells |
| And as we look out really for - through - I mean pretty much almost for the next decade, we're really going to be benefiting from that |
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| Sales were lower versus our strong prior year, as we continue to see demand pauses in our telecom and broadband end markets |
| In the third quarter, Energy Systems revenue declined 14% from prior year to $374 million, primarily driven by the lower volumes previously mentioned, partly offset by improvements in price mix |
| Adjusted operating earnings of $14 million, were $12 million lower than prior year, and adjusted operating margin of 3.8%, decreased 230 basis points over the prior year |
| Third quarter net sales of $862 million were down from prior year, driven by a 7% decrease in volume, due primarily to temporary pauses and network investments, by our telecom and broadband customers and partially offset, by a 1% increase in price mix |
| Adjusted operating earnings of $7.5 million, while improving $2 million sequentially, were down $4 million from prior year, and adjusted operating margin of 5.7%, was down approximately 340 basis points |
| Excluding the IRA benefits, we achieved adjusted operating earnings of $71 million, down $14 million versus prior year, due entirely to the telecom broadband temporary spending pauses with - an adjusted operating margin of 8.3%, 90 basis points lower year-on-year |
| The additional lost volume from the deeper telecom and broadband spending pause, along with longer lead time than originally expected for equipment and tooling to execute flexibility in these factories, has created additional pressure, which we are diligently working on |
| Adjusted EPS, excluding the IRA benefit, was $1.12, a 12% decrease over prior year's $1.27 adjusted EPS |
| Our customers continue to face some headwinds as is evidenced, by the significant backlogs that are still holding |
| Motive power revenues decreased 2% to $355 million on lower volumes, partially offset by the positive impact of acquisitions |
| It's a little tough when you try to do some Q-on-Q and year-on-year comparisons, because of the recent years of supply chain and labor issues |
| While we're beginning to recognize cost benefits from the closing of our Sylmar plant, they are not yet visible, as we continue to experience plant loading issues, from transitioning energy storage capacity, from telecom and broadband to transportation, which pressured our fixed cost absorption |
| And our journey to get to Point B, has been a little challenging |
| The challenge, Greg, as you know, has been in our ability in the Missouri factories to achieve the transportation revenue targets we're looking at |
| You characterized the telecom and broadband customer spending is abnormally low |
| So in the meantime, that's just - that puts a lot of pressure on the specialty P&L |
| Those expected spending months did not materialize, marking a deeper spending pause than we had expected when we started the quarter |
| A couple of things you talked about dimensioning our telco - these telco broadband spending pauses for the full year '24 probably cost us about $250 million of revenue |
| Excluding the IRA benefit, adjusted gross profit was $206 million, down $7 million on the lower sales volume, but up 80 basis points, as a percentage of revenue, compared to the prior year |
| But due to continued manning and supply chain headwinds, they had to push out that additional capacity, including our orders into fiscal '25 |
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